Happy new year SUPERMANIAc’s – My one resolution for 2012 is to remain dedicated to bringing you the best of Super-ephemera and what better way to start than a picture exclusive?
These scarce 8×11 images are a combination of studio portraits, behind the scenes and deleted scenes from Superman IV: The Quest For Peace. From the top – one of a rare series of studio portraits never before seen in its entirety, an on-set candid of Christopher Reeve holding a taxi aloft, between takes on location in Milton Keynes, England, and a shot from the excised scene where Nuclearman II elevates cars during the Metropolis street battle.
My modest Christmas gift to all you SUPERMANIAc’s out there is the two final parts of the oversize collage serialised in BRAVO magazine in 1979-
Enjoy printing these parts, going back through the Blog history to get the rest and assembling it for yourself! And from the top, vintage BRAVO cover and Christopher Reeve article. I’d like to take the opportunity to thank all the followers of the site and wish you all a SUPER Christmas..!
Continuing world-renowned storyboard artist Martin Asbury’s illustrations for the action sequences of Superman IV, depicting the sequence of shots for the erupting Volcano in Italy and subsequent plug with a mountaintop sheared off with Superman’s heat vision…
SUPERMANIA is proud to present the splendid result of a personal project by SuperFan Alexei Lambley-Steel of christopherreeve.co.uk to perfectly replicate Clark Kent’s tie from Superman: The Movie. See the pics above for the obvious dedication to detail for this most complex of patterns and coolest of tributes. As Alexei wanted to offer a short run to fans he asked me to write a short promo –
“Any more at home like you…?”
Presenting a very unique opportunity to own a replica of the necktie as worn by Christopher Reeve in his defining role as Clark Kent in 1978’s Superman: The Movie. Digitally reproduced using the highest-quality photographs, this fantastic vintage design in Silver, Black, Red and Blue is handmade in the UK from 100% woven silk with Polyester lining and 146cm long and is a fully wearable/displayable prop from the Classic Movie! Special offer price of £25 + shipping for a very limited one time run of 35!
I’m pleased to report that the item in-hand is fantastic quality, not only a great prop but quite the fashionable wardrobe addition for the City Beat. While the run is almost at an end, should you wish to purchase one of the last few remaining go here for more details – see you at the Planet office, and don’t call me Chief…
Rare global press coverage from the shooting of Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, the first (and last) of the series to be made entirely on location in England.
The cast & crew had assembled in the sports grounds of the Woughton campus of the Sir Frank Markham School in Milton Keynes, England. in late 1986 to shoot the closing moments of the picture under the direction of Sidney J. Furie. The facility had apparently been chosen due to the school being one of the few with American Football on the curriculum and used in return for a new set of kit for the team.
Ironically, the scene was excised entirely from the final cut of the film and thought lost until its final discovery and release (in workprint form) in the Deluxe Edition DVD from 2006. From the top – article from Weekend magazine UK, double-page spread from Spain, oversized article from the Australasian Post and Japanese pictorial.
Thanks to SuperFan Chris King for the assembly of these scans of my original articles! Click on images for larger size…
